ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR MOVIE

As Waymond Wang in Everything Everywhere All at Once, Quan centers and grounds the film, giving Michelle Yeoh the star turn she deserves while not letting the focus stray too far from himself as well, a perfect supporting performer. But his acting bug never went away and it was only the recent success of films like Crazy Rich Asians, Parasite and Minari that rekindled the possibility to live the dream he had given up so many decades before. Not seeing the Asian representation he needed, or being given the opportunity to be that representation, Quay co-starred in a few TV shows and some films but largely pulled back from acting, opting for film school at the University of Southern California where he found success as a stunt coordinator and an assistant director (most notably on Wong Kar-Wai’s 2046). He waited for the next big thing to hit but instead, his phone mostly went silent.

ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR MOVIE

That movie changed my life and my entire family’s life,” Quan recently said in regards to the Raiders sequel. “Never in my wildest imagination did I think I would end up being an actor.

Quan burst onto the scene nearly 40 years ago as a child actor with the one-two punch of 1984’s Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (directed by Steven Spielberg) and 1985’s The Goonies (exec produced by Spielberg). The return to acting narrative for Ke Huy Quan ( Everything Everywhere All at Once) could prove a powerful one this season, and deservedly so.

Academy award for best supporting actor